If you’ve seen the movie The Secret of Roan Inish, you might know what selkies are. But in case you don’t, they’re fae who disguise themselves as seals, but when they crawl onto land, they shed their seal fur and walk the earth as humans.
Sarah Pennington wrote a Selkie retelling of the Little Mermaid called Song of the Selkies. I have a copy, and it’s sitting in my to-be-read pile. Have you read this book? Comment below and let me know what you think (Just don’t give me any spoilers. 🙂 ). If you haven’t read it yet, I would place it in the teen-read category, but adults can certainly pick this up, too.
Another selkie tale was written by Lara Lee. It’s a short story of a man telling a college student about his experience with a selkie wife. The seal-fae left him, but she didn’t forget him and surprised him with a gift. Here’s the story, fit for teens and adults with a bittersweet ending.
K.A. Ramstad 